http://www.gormish.org/denise stories, photographs and musings for personal inspiration Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:38:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK. It's been so long I have to refigure out how to post on here! I got a cut and color today. It's the first time I've every colored my hair. It was getting full of quite a bit of white. For inquiring minds here it the new look: It was called ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=1039 I finished the digital scrapbook of our family vacation to San Simeon and Disneyland in November. Here's the Shutterfly book of the trip: Click ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=1032 A few photos from our trip to northern Italy and southern France. We started in Florence, Italy taking in Brunelleschi's dome for the Duomo of Florence, Santa Maria del Fior. The cathedral complex includes the Baptistry and Giotto's Campanile. We also did a lot of walking the streets of Florence and visiting ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=993 Auld Sod Red Magic Merlin CGC CD OA OAJ OAC NJC "Merlin" November 6, 1993 - May 2, 2009 A wonderful companion for myself and my family for 15 years. I will always remember the uncontainable excitement and sparkle in his eyes when we played fetch. I will always remember his willingness (and patience with ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=1028 This is the final week of the on-line class. No new information, but lots of encouragement to continue. The assignment from this week is to look at all the layouts that you've done for the class and choose your two favorites. Now, that those two layout sketches and do other ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=944 The element for week #11 is type. Cathy emphasized the idea of only really needing a few fonts. Often the same font can be used for the journaling and the title. The act of making a font bigger for the title can be enough. Additionally using size contrast on a ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=943 I've been tagged by my dear friend Sue. The assignment is to immediately take a self-portrait. It was nighttime and I was due for a haircut the next day, but here I go... I took this using the self-timer on my digital SLR. I propped it up on a table and ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=987 Another week goes by. Can you believe it's February already? http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=982 Having a husband in the field of digital image compression does have its advantages. I am able to get clear answers on the differences of various compression schemes and what is lost in each one.  He has written a great article, To Shoot in Camera Raw or JPEG Format, on ... http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=963 Here's the summary of last week: Denise Gormish: Template Jesse Edwards: Clean and Serene Solids, designerdigitals Ali Edwards: Day + Month Labels Brushes, designerdigitals http://www.gormish.org/denise/?p=950